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Strategy’s STRC preferred stock may be quietly shaping Bitcoin’s mid-month liquidity cycles Bitcoin is being influenced by more than spot buyers and ETF inflows now. K33 Research says Strategy’s STRC mechanism may be creating a recurring flow of capital that helps drive Bitcoin buying pressure around the middle of each month. STRC may be adding […]
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Aave CEO Stani Kulechov says the U.S. Clarity Act could be a major turning point for DeFi regulation, but Bitcoin near $80,000 shows the market is still stuck under macro pressure and the Fed’s “higher for longer” hangover. DeFi regulation could finally get clearer lines Non-custodial protocols may gain legal breathing room Bitcoin near $80K […]
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Bitcoin institutional holdings have swelled to a scale that would have sounded ridiculous just a few years ago, with ETFs, corporate treasuries, and sovereign entities now sitting on a combined 3.24 million BTC. 3.24 million BTC is now in institutional hands Bitcoin ETFs hold the largest share at 1.39 million BTC Corporate treasuries follow with […]
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Arkham says it has identified crypto wallets linked to Iran’s central bank, and the US Treasury’s sanctions response has already frozen roughly $344 million tied to the network. The money trail runs through Tron, Tether, and a mess of brokers, bridges, and DeFi tools built to make sanctions evasion harder to spot. Public wallet map: […]
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Quantum computing is no longer just a nerdy thought experiment on the edge of Bitcoin Twitter. Alex Pruden is warning that it could eventually threaten the elliptic curve cryptography, or ECC, that protects Bitcoin signatures — and that the network should stop treating the issue like some far-off museum exhibit. ECC risk: Bitcoin’s signature system […]
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$1.88 million reportedly vanished from TransitFinance after a smart contract exploit, reminding DeFi users that old code can become very expensive baggage. Reported loss: About $1.88 million Target: TransitFinance Main issue: Hidden risks in legacy smart contracts Lesson: Old code is still attack surface TransitFinance has reportedly been hit by an exploit that drained roughly […]
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The CLARITY Act Thursday markup explained is heading into a Senate Banking Committee markup on Thursday, but that is not the same thing as crypto getting regulatory clarity. It is only the first ugly grind through a legislative process that still has several ways to go sideways. Markup is not passage 60 Senate votes are […]
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JPMorgan is putting a tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, another sign that Wall Street is no longer treating blockchain as a novelty act. JPMorgan filed a tokenized money market fund on Ethereum Ticker: JLTXX under JPMorgan Trust IV Permissioned blockchain setup, not open DeFi 0.16% net expense ratio after waivers BlackRock and JPMorgan are […]
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Tokenized Apple shares can trade 24/7 on crypto rails, but Kaiko Research says they still don’t come close to behaving like a real Nasdaq substitute. Liquidity is still brutally thin Order-book depth is far too shallow USDC, USDT, and USD pricing drifts apart Round-the-clock access does not fix bad execution Kaiko Research, in analysis published […]
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Bitcoin retail demand has flipped positive again, but this looks more like a cautious return than a full-on crowd pile-in. On-chain data shows small traders are poking back into BTC after pulling away earlier this year, while short-term holders are feeling less pain as Bitcoin hovers around $80,700. Retail demand: back in positive territory at […]
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